1. A light flashed from the side of the valley, shining,
Or did the veils rise from Layla's radiant face?

2. The dark lit up and Salma smiled, or did
The teardrops smile at the tales they told?

3. Shall I spread my carpet, and scent the air,
Or is it the fragrance of Hajar in Umm Al-Qura?

4. Oh, would that I knew! Is Salima staying
In Wadi Al-Hima, where the lovelorn poet dwells?

5. Did thunder rumble in Liwa with rumbling,
And pour towards us from Al-Muzn, lightning?

6. Did it rain on Udhayb and Hajir openly,
While the secret of night spreads at dawn?

7. Is the hall of Al-Wu'sa green with vegetation?
Or has what was past returned to it?

8. In the upland of Najd, does a lover's tryst appear?
What secrets do hearts conceal!

9. In the thickets of Sul'a, do they ask about the lovelorn one
In Kazima, how is yearning treating him?

10. Are the sweet fruits of ar-Rind ready for plucking?
Are the palms of Hijaz full grown?

11. Do the trees of sadness bear fruit?
Have the eyes of the days turned away from them?

12. Do the shy glances have healing for my pact,
Or has it been lost from the faithful promise?

13. Are the gazelles of the two meadows far from us?
Did they stay there, or was that prevented?

14. Do the girls of Al-Ghuwair show me
Pastures of bliss - what bliss those pastures!

15. Does the shade of that stray, east wind, still shelter me?
For my tears have watered it abundantly.

16. Is Sha'b Aamir inhabited after us?
Will it one day unite the lovers?

17. O Umm Malik, does pilgrimage to Allah's House continue?
For them, I have skills of every kind.

18. Has the Iraqi caravan arrived in recognition?
Have laws been enacted towards the tents?

19. Have the dancing girls danced rhythmically?
Is there jostling for the white domes among them?

20. Is there for me a chance to reunite happily?
Are there sellers for the nights of separation?

21. Did Salma greet the rock where the pact lies,
And turn her fingers over it?

22. Did she suckle from the breast of Zamzam once,
So she would never be deprived of suckling again?

23. Perhaps my friends in Mecca will cool
The heat of longing for Salima in their minds.

24. The nights that have passed will return to us one day,
And the hopeful will triumph!

25. The sorrowful will rejoice, the lovelorn will live,
The longing will find company, and the listener will delight!